SEEKING COMPLETED FEATURE FILMS TO BUY

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS with completed films ready for sale: We have direct access to a buyer who is currently, aggressively seeking HORROR, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, ANIMATION (also family-friendly), and ACTION films. Of those 4 genres, the ONLY genre that requires 'name' 'recognizable' actors is ACTION. For ACTION there must be a 'name' in the film. It can be someone who was a 'name' even decades ago, as long as they were once a 'name,' e.g. Lorenzo Lamas, Gary Busey, etc. (Obviously the bigger the 'name/star' the better though.) ALL OTHER genres other than ACTION can have a cast of unheard of rank and file working actors... not a problem as long as the production value is decent and the script, acting, direction and so forth are also decent. IF you have something that fits or know someone who does, contact me here. PLEASE INCLUDE CELL PHONE CONTACT AND/OR DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS, INCLUDE IN YOUR MESSAGE: GENRE OF FILM, ANY NOTABLE NAMES ATTACHED (CREW or TALENT), THE BUDGET YOU MADE THE FILM ON, AND IF POSSIBLE PLEASE...A LINK TO THE TRAILER OR A CLIP AT LEAST! We will contact you if it sounds like a good fit (and more than likely it WILL BE.)

The buyer is a company that everyone has heard of, NOT a small timer at all. The buyer is seeking to buy immediately!
 
Where's your feature film? Oh, that's right, you don't have one, because you're not a filmmaker.

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The OP states that their buyer does several hundred millions in sales, annually. Really? Cuz that would put them on a pretty short list. By indie standards, Troma is a pretty big name, but even they don't come even close to doing hundreds of millions in sales per year.

You are joking I take it? You really can't know that little about the TV/theatrical industry can you?

The OP says that they've grown used to getting negative reactions when they come to websites such as this one. How many websites such as this one exist? Two. That's how many.

There are about a hundred forums for filmmakers just on LinkedIn, god knows how many there are in total. If you've only ever come across two forums you need to work on your research techniques!

Where's your feature film? Oh, that's right, you don't have one, because you're not a filmmaker... I do make films, and I have done the research, and this thread is fishy as fuck.

If you'd really done any research, you would know that there's no concept of "a filmmaker" in the commercial world, it's a team effort and of course a very significant part of my job is making sure of attaining distribution/broadcast. So no, in your sense I don't have a film and again in your sense, in 20 years in the industry I've never met or worked with any "filmmakers"!

I never assumed we were talking about US theatrical release. Where are you getting your numbers? It feels like you're pulling them out of someplace brown and stinky.

It seems to be a trend in this thread for ignorant people to accuse others of being fishy, pegging their BS meters or now getting thier info from somewhere brown and stinky, thanks for playing along!

But let's be honest -- we're a bunch of amateurs.

I've got no problem spending time and contributing on here with a "bunch of amateurs" or with a "bunch of amateurs" who aspire to be professionals. However, I don't have time to waste feeding the trolls (or feeding a "bunch of amateurs" who pretend they want to get into the industry but really are only here for self aggrandisement).

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My 2 cents on this thread: The responses have gone way too far.

To me, while the OP had very few details, that's understandable for those who (I presume) are finders whose living comes from their finders fees. He was the first gatekeeper.

As any filmmaker/producer trying to get a distribution deal, you have to do your own due diligence. It usually comes after both sides come to the conclusion that a future together is possible.

The hardest part of unestablished filmmakers is getting their foot in the door. If he is legit he could have been a chance for you to break in. If he's not legit, you'd find out when doing your due diligence after an offer has been made, which, by the way, is more than just doing a few Google searches.
 
APE, you've called me ignorant and a troll, but you're not giving us any real information to refute what I'm saying. Again, the numbers just don't add up here.

Let's get specific. Which purchasers of feature films (we're not talking TV) are doing hundreds of millions of dollars in sales, annually? I can tell you, for damn sure, that Troma ain't one of them. So who are they? Can you name some of them? Yeah, there's a small handful that exist, but it's incredibly unlikely that any of them are looking to indietalk to make their purchases.

Of course I know that there are hundreds of forums. But almost none of them get any traffic. I thought I was clear on that.

And yes, of course there is such thing as a filmmaker. Those people who hire you -- they're filmmakers. It's one thing to produce audio that is up to professional specs, it's a whole other thing to have a feature film in your hands, that belongs to you, that you are trying to sell and/or get distributed. The work that you do, in audio, does not give you the insight of what it's like to produce and/or direct a film. I'm sorry that you think I'm self-aggrandizing, but the only thing I've said about myself is that I'm a filmmaker, and that is just a factual statement. I also called myself an amateur, which is also just a factual statement.
 
The burden of proof lies upon someone making a claim!!

Ding! This.

APE and DirectorRik, I don't need to point out the film business is full of scammers, including ones that run banners on the top of this page.

Having gatekeepers not only keep scammers at bay, they educate the naive and newbies amongst us. If the OP is truly on the up and up, he'll find a way to pass muster with gatekeepers.

DirectorRik, man, if you're worried about the reputation of this forum, start with the 0 and 68 "feedback on my film" posts that drop off the site unanswered. Nobody here is brave to speak the truth and we're doing filmmakers a diservice.
 
... you're not giving us any real information to refute what I'm saying. Again, the numbers just don't add up here.

Either I'm giving you information and "the numbers just don't add up" or I'm not giving you information and there are no numbers to add up.

Which purchasers of feature films (we're not talking TV) ...

Where did the OP state they were not talking TV? Most of the major film studios have TV channels and broadcast a significant number of indie features, not to mention the thousands of TV channels worldwide which broadcast indie features sporadically. Why dismiss by far the biggest market sector for indie film/content makers?

Of course I know that there are hundreds of forums. But almost none of them get any traffic. I thought I was clear on that.

You were clear, clearly wrong! I see a significant amount of traffic on quite a number of internet forums for filmmakers.

Those people who hire you -- they're filmmakers. It's one thing to produce audio that is up to professional specs, it's a whole other thing to have a feature film in your hands, that belongs to you ...

Thanks for telling me who employs me, it's good to finally find out after 20 years! FYI (as you obviously need some!), I'm most commonly employed by producers and/or directors. The films don't technically "belong" to the producers, it belongs to the investor/s and as you rightly say, in the commercial world producers tend to hire various teams of professionals (like me) to actually make the film, so it's a bit of a stretch to call them a film maker. The person most responsible for actually making the film is the director but like me, they are usually hired employees of the production company too and the film does not "belong" to them either. I thought you would know these basics of commercial filmmaking but thanks for trying to educating me!

The work that you do, in audio, does not give you the insight of what it's like to produce and/or direct a film.

Thanks again for explaining my job to me! On the other hand, you do realise what my job actually is and what it entails? No, I didn't think so, so here's some "insight" for you: Ignoring the fact that there are very close parallels between a director's role and the supervising sound editor's role, the latter stages of the audio post process is the first time that all the elements of the film come together. So it's not at all uncommon that at some stage during the premix or final mix the investors, execs and/or distributor come to see how the final product is shaping up. This means of course that I'm usually present to witness their first reactions, their comments on what they were looking for/expecting and the responses of the director and producer, and of course I'm also one of those in the front line for any alterations which may be required. None of this makes me an expert on what distributors, producers, execs, etc., are trying to achieve/want but likewise I'd have to be a complete moron not to have gained any insight at all after doing this for 20 years! You on the other hand have far greater insight into the world of commercial production and distribution even though according to you, you are an amateur and therefore have no experience of the commercial world of film production/distribution beyond various meetings where you tried to sell your self described "amateur" film.

APE, you've called me ignorant and a troll ...

To be honest I'm not certain that you are a troll. However, some of you assertions patently are ignorant and by defending the trolls you certainly appear to be putting yourself in their camp!

Having gatekeepers not only keep scammers at bay, they educate the naive and newbies amongst us.... Nobody here is brave to speak the truth and we're doing filmmakers a diservice.

At the risk of feeding the troll: Sorry, I got it all wrong, I didn't realise you are a brave, truth speaking gatekeeper keeping all the scammers at bay for us poor defenceless filmmakers. Just a few questions though:

1. What truth are you speaking? What evidence do you have that the OP was a scammer?

2. How "brave" is it to be rude, cast aspersions and run someone off this board from behind your keyboard when you don't even have a horse in the race?

3. If you're going to close the gate on anyone who claims to be a distributor or film buyer, regardless of whether there is any evidence they are a scammer or not, what is the point of a gatekeeper? You just lock the gate against any distributors/buyers, you don't need a gatekeeper for a permanently locked gate!

4. Who appointed you the gatekeeper?

If the OP is truly on the up and up, he'll find a way to pass muster with gatekeepers.

You just don't get it do you? It's up to the seller of a product to pass the buyer's "muster", NOT the other way around! If you go into a shop, car sales room or anywhere else which sells products, do you have to pass the sales assistant's "muster" before you're allowed to peruse the products and decide if there's anything you want to buy? If you were asked to prove your credentials by publicly divulging commercially or personally sensitive information before you were even allowed to see the products, let alone decide if you want to buy any of them, you would be disgruntled and walk out. Pissing off potential buyers this way is commercial suicide, who wants to buy a product from a company/organisation/community who is deliberately trying to commit commercial suicide and who would even be stupid enough to commit this type of commercial suicide in the first place? You, apparently! Are you really this naive/stupid, or do you just think that we're all stupid enough to believe your horseshit excuse for trolling? The exact same goes for Mussoman's last pathetic: "I'm helping the community, I'm the victim of negativity", object lesson in the art of hypocrisy!

By association you are painting everyone here with your rude, commercially suicidal stupidity, which is why you urgently need to STFU!!

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I'm with you on this, APE.

Both GA and mussonman have no reason to be so afraid of this guy.
And no reason to be so rude and negative. He asked filmmakers with
finished to see trailers. And they are both proud of themselves for
being rude and condescending – proud that they gave indietalk a bad
reputation. This guy could have been a valued member of our community.
I, too, am honestly disappointed at how he was treated by two members
here. And two members without a finished feature film.

This. Why are we so quick to run people off here at Indietalk? For all we know, this guy could've been a Lionsgate executive. Why not give him a chance?
 
APE, you think that thousands of films are purchased each year? How many feature films do you think are made, annually?
Look at the American Film Market list of distributors and films they
are selling. There were 6,363 completed films for sale last year. I'm
not speaking about the filmmakers who show up to peddle their
product – I'm speaking only of distributors who have already purchased
the films. Granted, that number does include international films – I
don't have a breakdown of US only films at had. But I can get it for
you if you like.

I'm going to guess that over 20,000 feature films are completed annually.
 
Why are some people in here so desperately trying to prove that they're better than anybody else by always going completely off topic to talk a about how much they know about the industry?
 
Ding! This.

APE and DirectorRik, I don't need to point out the film business is full of scammers, including ones that run banners on the top of this page.

Having gatekeepers not only keep scammers at bay, they educate the naive and newbies amongst us. If the OP is truly on the up and up, he'll find a way to pass muster with gatekeepers.

DirectorRik, man, if you're worried about the reputation of this forum, start with the 0 and 68 "feedback on my film" posts that drop off the site unanswered. Nobody here is brave to speak the truth and we're doing filmmakers a diservice.

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Why are some people in here so desperately trying to prove that they're better than anybody else by always going completely off topic to talk a about how much they know about the industry?

You can just mention either APE or myself, there's no reason to be vague. I don't believe he or I is desperate to prove our status to anybody. Disagreements happen, such is life. Mine and APE's disagreement is rather civil, compared to the rest of the internet. He's a pro, very skilled, and I respect the vast knowledge he regularly shares on this website. But that doesn't mean I'll always agree with him.

Rik, you're a superstar here, and deservedly so. I have gotten a TON of great advice from you. But in this instance, I think you read the numbers wrong. The AFM has 6,363 films in their catalog. Less than 1,000 of them were completed in 2013. That list dates back to the 20's. I think your guesstimate is a tad high.

I see no evidence that thousands of feature films are sold per year. A few hundred maybe, if that. Most are produced with a distributor already lined up.

And again, who is this purchaser of films, who does hundreds of millions of dollars in sales per year, who is looking to indietalk for their next great discovery? Any hypotheticals?
 
Rik, you're a superstar here, and deservedly so. I have gotten a TON of great advice from you. But in this instance, I think you read the numbers wrong. The AFM has 6,363 films in their catalog. Less than 1,000 of them were completed in 2013. That list dates back to the 20's. I think your guesstimate is a tad high.

You are looking at AFM figures and the OP never stated their buyer was exclusively a US domestic buyer! The AFM may currently be the biggest/most important individual market but it still only represents a minority of the global market. The Chinese market for example is predicted to exceed the US market within the next 3 or 4 years, the Indian film market is massive, the German and Japanese markets are also extremely large and even countries like Turkey have a significant output (because there are roughly 300 million Turkish speakers in that territory). Even relatively small countries like the UK have markets which exceed $10 billion. And we haven't even mentioned Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Eastern Europe, Russia, South Korea, Nollywood, the list goes on and the majority of this foreign content is not made for or sold to the AFM.

Although I've obviously picked up a few things over the years, I don't specialise in, pretend to be an expert or even particularly well informed on the precise details of the global Film/TV market. I do know that it's a complex market with many layers, middle-men, complex national and international business structures and generally secretive, so accurate figures are often either not available or mis-leading. Even what goes on in the backgound with the AFM is pretty secretive and the AFM is arguably the most open of the various film markets! At a guess, the figures Rik mentioned can probably be at least tripled if applied to the global market.

And again, who is this purchaser of films, who does hundreds of millions of dollars in sales per year....

The BBC is one of about 5-10 or so $100m+ UK TV/Film companies and their sales are in the multiple billions per year not just the hundreds of millions and with the UK we're certainly not talking about the only or anywhere near the biggest market. I've no idea how many $100m+ TV/Film companies there are in the world but I would think at least a hundred and probably several times that number.

I see no evidence that thousands of feature films are sold per year. A few hundred maybe, if that.

You not seeing the "evidence that thousands of feature films are sold per year" just means that you haven't seen the evidence, it does not mean that thousands of feature films are not sold per year! This appears to be the problem with much of what has been said in this thread. Some have read/mis-read, interpreted and arrived at conclusions which they then present as fact, even though their conclusions have no evidence and appear to be based in assumption, paranoia, ignorance of commerce in general and/or a lack of knowledge of the film/TV industry.

BTW, I agree with your response to Nikola, we're having a heated discussion but there is some mutual respect. Not so between me and the two obvious trolls in this thread though, who have done the exact opposite of showing me, the OP or any of their fellow IT members any respect!

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Rik, you're a superstar here, and deservedly so. I have gotten a TON of great advice from you. But in this instance, I think you read the numbers wrong. The AFM has 6,363 films in their catalog. Less than 1,000 of them were completed in 2013. That list dates back to the 20's. I think your guesstimate is a tad high.

I see no evidence that thousands of feature films are sold per year. A few hundred maybe, if that.

I'm off to a shoot right now. I'll put together a list of distributors who
buy films for you when I get the time. There are eight small, speciality
distributors here in Los Angeles. They purchase between four and ten
films each year. So that's 32 to 80 just here in L.A. And just the small
ones with a specialized market. Then there are the mid-range ones that
purchase only two to eight a year. I know of five. And this is just my
personal connections in one city. I'm not going to say it's several thousand
but easily 1,200 to 1,600 feature films are sold each year here in the states.

To make it a little easier for me could you give me your criteria? I'd hate
to spend an hour going through my research and give you numbers only to
find they don't meet the criteria you have in mind. Clearly not films produced
with a distributor already lined up. What else?
 
Regardless, at least we agree on one thing -- if you've got a film for sale, it wouldn't make sense to not contact them. Again, only reason I'm not is because mine isn't in one of the four genres asked for.
 
@GuerrillaAngel

You need to stop posting and replying in this forum as you have no clue to what you are talking about.

Reeldeal, ah, words of wisdom from a first time poster. Did you create your account just to make this post? Given that you've been quiet for a week, I suppose I should give your words extra weight -- NOT!

There are people here that are smart enough to make up their own minds about all things filmmaking. No one person has a monopoly on knowledge of this topic. I certainly don't and neither does APE.

I sure APE has accomplishments he can point to that gives weight to his arguments, but likewise, so do I -- I've a completed award-winning feature film that people can rent/buy at Amazon.com that cost approx $10k to make -- something attainable by many here. The decision to whether I have a clue is theirs to make, not yours, reeldeal.

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